§ 10.11. STANDARDS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
All permanent signs in nonresidential zoning districts shall be subject to the following standards.
A.
Total allowable sign area.
1.
The total sign area for all signs for which permits are required shall not exceed two square feet per linear foot of building frontage for the first 200 linear feet of building frontage, plus one square foot per linear foot of building frontage thereafter. No more than two sides of a building may be counted as building frontage. The total sign area shall include all sign faces and shall be calculated according to the standards of section 10.3.
2.
For the purpose of this section, the sign allowance shall be calculated on the basis of the length of the one building frontage which is most nearly parallel to the street it faces. If a building does not have frontage on a dedicated public street, the owner of the building may designate the one building frontage which shall be used for the purpose of calculating the sign allowance.
3.
However, each property shall be at a minimum entitled to one freestanding sign per street frontage of 50 square feet per face and one wall sign per business of 32 square feet in size so long as all other requirements of this section 10 are met. If permits are approved for signs based on the minimum provisions of this paragraph, the allowable sign area based on the building frontage as set forth above shall not be recognized as allowable sign area for the property.
B.
Freestanding signs.
1.
The total number of freestanding signs allowed shall be one per street frontage per property.
2.
The maximum size per side for freestanding signs shall be 90 square feet per side. The maximum height for freestanding sign shall be 18 feet above grade. (See accompanying table below.)
Requirements for freestanding signs
Setback (feet) Maximum height (feet) Maximum size allowed per side (square feet) 0 8 20 5 8 27 10 10 33 15 12 50 20 14 60 25 16 70 30 18 80 36 and more 18 90 3.
The required setback of any freestanding sign shall be measured from the right-of-way line.
4.
No freestanding sign shall be located within 15 feet of any interior side lot line.
5.
When electrical service is provided to freestanding signs, all such electrical service shall be underground.
6.
A drive-in restaurant shall be allowed one freestanding sign per drive-thru lane, for the sole purpose of a menu board for drive-thru customers that shall not be included in the number of such signs allowed for the property. Such sign(s) shall not exceed five feet in height and 35 square feet in sign face area. Fifty percent of the square footage of such sign(s) shall be exempted from the total allowed for the property. Individual drive-in menu boards that are four square feet or less shall be exempted from the total sign area allowed for the property.
7.
In order to encourage their use, the following modification of the freestanding sign requirements table is allowed for monument signs.
Requirements for monument signs
Setback (feet) Maximum height (feet) Maximum size allowed per side (square feet) 0 7 45 5 8.5 60 10 10 75 15 and more 12 90 C.
Signs mounted to structures.
1.
Wall signs. No wall sign or individual letter sign shall exceed 100 square feet in sign area or seven feet in vertical measurement from bottom of sign to top of sign. A wall sign may not extend above the top of the wall or parapet wall of the building to which the wall sign is attached. Signs may not project more than 12 inches horizontally from the face of the building on which they are erected. Signs that are mounted on mansards or similar architectural features may not project more than 12 inches horizontally, measured at the bottom of the sign, from the surface to which they are mounted.
2.
Canopy signs. No canopy sign shall project above the top of the canopy upon which it is mounted. No canopy sign shall project from the face of a canopy. Under-canopy signs which are perpendicular to the face of the building shall be deemed to be projecting signs. Under canopy signs which are parallel to the face of the building shall be deemed flush wall signs and shall be a minimum of eight feet above grade.
3.
Projecting signs. No sign may project over a public right-of-way. Signs may not project more than six feet from the face of the building or into the minimum required building setback for the zone district in which they are located. Such signs shall not exceed 15 square feet per face and must be a minimum of eight feet above grade.
4.
Awning signs. Awning signs shall not be allowed above the first story of a building. No awning sign shall project above the top of an awning on which it is mounted. No awning sign shall project from the face of an awning. The maximum amount of sign area allowed on an awning per street frontage shall be 50 square feet excluding banding and striping. When extended over either a public or private sidewalk, the minimum clearance from the lowest point of the awning to the top of pavement shall be eight feet. No awning sign shall be allowed to project over a private or public vehicular way.
(Res. No. 04012008R003, Exh. A, 4-1-2008)